Hydropower Emloyee:
Education:
-on the job training
-any college degree helps

Salary:
-basic factory worker’s salary

Duties:
-working with hydropower dams (building and repairing)
-efficiency research
-keeping data

Typical Day:
-repairing dams
-studying the work they are doing
-finding out how efficient their work really is

Job Availability:
-there aren’t too many hydropower plants so it’s not very good

Tools:
-maintenance tools
-computers to track progress and data

Agencies:
-CA Department of Water Resources - Delta Division - Byron, CA

-CA Department of Water Resources - San Joaquin - Bakersfield, CA



http://www.greencareersguide.com/Hydropower.html

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-hydroelectric/pn-2


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